The Last Wave
1977 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 11,525 VOTES · DIR. Peter Weir
Overview
Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.
Dialogue Timeline — 754 lines
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00:03:15 My turn next!
00:08:48 Weather experts say the situation is being caused...
00:14:03 It was a dream. Just a dream, darling.
00:16:24 - I asked that, and you said taxi drivers. - Taxi drivers?
00:24:00 Telephone.
00:27:08 I have here-- Oh, sit down. Sit down.
00:29:42 - I must do some more work. - That's not the real reason, is it?
00:35:20 But we're not. These are city people.
00:37:25 One of the Aborigines is coming here to dinner.
00:40:57 No tribal people in the city.
00:44:30 - No. - Why not?
00:50:35 Your people pulling me this way. Something more strong is holding me back.
00:52:57 - David, what are you-- - It's tribal.
00:55:45 Through ceremonies involving sacred objects... like these stones.
00:58:08 Mrs. Burton?
01:00:24 What did you see?
01:03:33 And the other young man in the Torana, we like you as well.
01:10:05 Don't speak in that court.
01:13:38 who operated, until the arrival of the white man
01:15:51 He points it at his victim and... the victim dies.
01:18:25 Where is your tribal ground?
01:20:13 Are these stones sacred?
01:22:47 No! You stood in that church and explained them away!
01:30:59 But I've broken the law of my people.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed754
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:03:15
Final line01:30:59
Production Record
DirectorPeter Weir
LanguageEnglish
Budget$810,000
Revenue$1,300,000
IMDb votes11,525